Keep in mind this is just the beginning of your loc journey and your hair will continue to age as normal locs would. Your hair is not trained to lay flat and stay twisted, as a result, you may experience your retwist unraveling fast. Other factors like sweating a lot, hair texture, not tying your hair down, or constantly styling your hair in different ways can make it unravel as well. You can roll your locs between your palms (palm roll) and tie them down to help you train your hair to lay in the direction it’s twisted in, or style your hair after retwisting. Please be mindful that over twisting your locs can result in thinning your hair.

I recommend you wait at least 4-8 weeks for your first wash. This allows your hair to mat and loc together as much as possible, and a retwist every 6-8 weeks to allow your hair to thicken up to match the loc as much as possible.

Do not use heavy products in your locs. Use light oils on your scalp like, jojoba oil, MCT oil (fractionated coconut oil), vitamin E oil, or avocado oil. These oils are lightweight so they won’t weigh your locs down, and will not cause extra build-up and is safe for frequent use (every 2-3 days). It is also recommended to spray your locs with rose water, aloe water or plain water often. It is the most hydrating and effective moisturizer for the extensions, so please be sure to spray or mist spray your locs often. Don’t over saturate your hair with water unless your washing it, gently mist and spray, be sure to let it dry properly to avoid mold or mildew-smelling hair.

Bunching is normal for locs or starter locs, it’s when your hair creates knots or bumps in your locs, they eventually flatten out and mesh with your locs. The curls will try to shrink or curl back up but cannot which makes it bunch up a bit. If you have a steamer for face or clothes, use it on your locs and roll your loc between your hands. Stimulating you starting a fire, or fire starting your loc, with the steam from the steamer this should allow your loc to be moist and flexible enough to help straighten it out, again bunching is normal so please don’t be alarmed.

The loc extensions are made with 100% kinky, curly or wavy human hair. If not combed, the hair can tangle, knot, or loc together. To avoid this, I recommend that you detangle the curly end of your locs. I detangle mine bi-weekly or whenever the curly end starts to look dull. I like to maintain my hair in the shower. I wash my hair or just wet the ends if I’m in a rush, then use a conditioner, only on the curly ends. I make sure to saturate the curls with a moisturizing conditioner. Use whatever products you have for dark or naturally colored locs. If your locs are lightened to shades of blonde, I recommend a blue or purple-based shampoo/conditioner, which prevents the blonde from turning orange or red. If your hair is colored (red, copper, fun colors, etc.), then I recommend using a shampoo/conditioner for color-treated hair. Wet the curls, then add conditioner, it helps loosen any tangles and makes it easier to detangle. Start combing out the ends of your curls first making your way up the loc. Do not comb out your loc. You can also use a wig brush to comb out a bunch of curls or comb out each curl separately. Wash the conditioner out, add you curl defining mousse, cream, light gel (kinky curly) or styling product to define your curls. I prefer to use mousse on loose curly hair and a light gel on kinky curly hair, and then define each curl individually. I use a comb to define my curls or circle the curls around my finger then scrunching my hair up to bring the curls back to life. Let air dry, use a hooded dryer, or a diffuser.

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